{6.22} 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝙺𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚃𝚘𝚘 𝙼𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 1

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STREET

Sam is running from cops. There are sirens and a police car comes around the corner. Sam runs to a door and tries to open it but it's locked. He kicks a gate open and hides behind a wall as the police car passes. The car drives slowly past a "Castle Storage" sign - John Winchester's lock-up, which Sam doesn't notice. When it's gone, he walks quickly to a door labelled "Delivery Entrance Only". He enters and closes the door behind him.

THE BAR

Sam enters the bar, a young woman, Robin, she is cleaning the bar.

"Hey, we're closed." Robin Says

"Just uh, just give me a second." Sam Says As He goes to the window

"So pal, we - we open at noon." Robin Says

"Look, you don't understand." Sam Says

Outside, the cop car passes again and Sam moves away from the window.

"Okay, I - I think I understand just fine. Look I - I don't need this kind of hassle. So seriously, just get the hell out." Robin Says

"Please. Please, just give me a minute to think, that's all. Then I'm out of your hair." Under the counter, Robin picks up a baseball bat. "One minute. Please." Sam Says

Robin sighs and puts the bat down. "What's your name?"

"I don't know." Sam Says

"What do you mean you don't know?" Robin Says

"I mean I don't remember. I don't remember anything." Sam Says

Robin opens a drink and gives it to Sam.

"Come on, you're dickin' with me. Nothing?" Robin Says

"I'm telling you. Blank slate." Sam Says Then He drinks

"Well, you got a wallet? ID?" Robin Asks

"I wish I did." Sam Says

"Okay, well what's the last thing you remember." Robin Says

"Um, I woke up on a park bench, cops shoving a flashlight in my face, trying to take me in." Sam Says

"So you ran." Robin Says

"No, I, um, I knocked 'em out cold. Both of 'em. No, look, I - I didn't mean to. It just happened really fast, you know I - I think instinct or something, I guess." Sam Says

"Some instinct." Robin Says

"Yeah, tell me about it. I mean, who even knows how to do something like that?" Sam Says

"We'll get you to the ER. The - the quacks will hash it out." Robin Says

"No." Sam Says

"Try "yeah". Look the-the bats have flown the belfry, you need to see a doctor." Robin Says

"No.I don't have time." Sam Says

"Time for what?" Robin Asks

"Look, it's hard to explain, I just feel like I - I have to be somewhere. There's something I gotta stop." Sam Says

"Oh, like a wedding? A train?" Robin Says

"No, something important. Something like life or death, like -" Sam Says

"Okay, hey, hey, hey. Just relax, you know, you - you can't poop it out, so just... It'll come to you." Robin Says

Sam nods. He notices something and walks to a bookshelf. He picks up a book - The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft.

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